YouTuber Tests Apple Watch Ultra Durability With a Hammer: Table Breaks Before the Watch

[wanha]

Apple should get into the table business.

Well it is a huge global yet fragmented market...

 

[wanha]

The failure to power on could indicate that while the sapphire may not have broken at first, some internal components may have suffered damage.

That seems like a safe assumption to make

 

[giebe]

people destroying things on purpose are the problem in this world. the production of this watch costs water, raw materials, energy etc. Waste of resources.

 

[felixen]

Apple should get into the table business.

And after that the floor/ground business

 

[ninecows]

The money they make from the views covers the cost. That or write off as business expense.

It would be funny if it wasnt true. Imagine that the human race has got to this point where it can actually pay off to destroy a 1000$ watch.

 

[camsoft]

There's a constant misunderstanding about Saphire Crystal glass that it's indestructible but it's simply false. Sapphire Crystal is one of the hardest materials only beaten by diamond and a few synthetic materials which makes it practically scratch proof but it's not particularly stronger than normal glass and will still shatter when bashed so hitting the Apple Watch ultra with a hammer is a very stupid test of the glass given its properties.

 

[dz5b609]

Do these characters who destroy the products get enough views that it pays for them to do their unscientific tests?

easily

 

[biffuz]

Just buy a better table.

 

[iSayuSay]

Not all IKEA tables are weak.

For the price it is. IKEA is all about enviromentalism and material recycling. While the cause is good, it lacks the durability and consumers pay the cost in the long term.

I find it’s rare to find a solid timber IKEA tables made of solid teak or mahogany. It’s mostly cardboard or chips.

 

[Jumpthesnark]

When Apple starts making hammers, then we'll have a test on our hands.

 

[Akrapovic]

lol this thread is filled with people missing the point, despite the point being explained in the video.

Of course electronics break when you hit them. The point is how easily they break. The S0, as he showed, broke super easily. The Ultra took a lot lot more to break it. He's pointing out that for people who are hiking and climbing and all that stuff that's risky to the watch, that it's much more likely to survive all the hits it takes now than it used to be.

I've bought an Ultra. I'm glad he did this test. I feel a bit more comfortable up a mountain and a climbing wall now.

 

[laptech]

So basically the moral of this video is that given the amount of force required to break the watch glass, the wearers arm would break first before the watch glass does.

So if your rock climbing and you fall, don't worry, you watch will be ok

 

[SanderEvers]

Taking a good expensive watch and then completely destroying it for views. This isn't just bad, but it's wasteful.

 

[Solomani]

No Apple Watches were harmed in the making of this video.

Tables. Tables were harmed.

Someone alert the SPCA SPCT

 

[CJM]

Very unscientific. Whacking it with a hammer is an interesting test in theory and I'm impressed it broke the table, but man does the guy have the air of a typical modern tech Youtuber bro. I fully expect him to be wearing a backwards baseball cap.

 

[JackNL]

Ironically, its battery degradation will start killing it from the inside in about 3 years.

In that case you go for a battery service around 50 usd.
(PS, is your glass is always half empty?

 

[MrGimper]

TBH I'm more interested with tests for the "man on the street", so falling over when drunk and hitting it on the floor, banging it against a wall etc etc. Not everyone who buys it will be Bear Grylls

 

[votdfak]

IKEA tables are not really strong, more like cardboard.

 

[okkibs]

Does AppleCare+ cover this?

Intentional damage is not covered.

 

[addamas]

You can make a hole in this cardboard IKEA table using your fist, so does this mean that Apple Watch can by destroyed by fist? Nope…

 

[votdfak]

There's a constant misunderstanding about Saphire Crystal glass that it's indestructible but it's simply false. Sapphire Crystal is one of the hardest materials only beaten by diamond and a few synthetic materials which makes it practically scratch proof but it's not particularly stronger than normal glass and will still shatter when bashed so hitting the Apple Watch ultra with a hammer is a very stupid test of the glass given its properties.

So true, cracked my sapphire AW6 just bumping against metal rail. Watch was under AC+ and Apple said it's just cosmetic damage and it's not covered by AC+. SMH

 

[MobiusStrip]

They would get more clicks and create a more realistic test if the watch was on a human arm during the assault.

if it WERE on a human arm

 

[Le0M]

Exactly these guys make tens of thousands of dollars or much much more per video

Not sure about that amount, but you sure make hundreds of thousands of dollars per year if you have 1 million or more followers, that is for sure.

 

[tavsingh]

Do these characters who destroy the products get enough views that it pays for them to do their unscientific tests?

Unbox Therapy's career skyrocketed just by bending iPhones.

 

[MVMNT]

I love how he just went ham on the watch after it stopped working.